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Contrast Review: The Shadows Know

December 2, 2013

With a few digital-only games in the PlayStation Store at the ready for the launch of PlayStation 4, the goal was to give gamers something unique and different, and in most cases, absolutely free with a PlayStation Plus account. I… Read More

3.9

out of 5

Resogun Review: The Shooter That Could

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November 27, 2013

Oftentimes, launch games get lost months out of that initial window. Usually, the games are throwaways that are meant to give developers more time to create absolute masterpieces that showcase the new systems power. The PlayStation 4 is attempting to… Read More

4.8

out of 5

Madden NFL 25 PS4 Review: Faster, Prettier, but Better?

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November 27, 2013

Back in August, I reviewed this year's version of the seminal Madden NFL franchise, and after falling desperately in love with last year's edition, I found the latest to be a little too similar and buggy. But with the advent… Read More

4.2

out of 5

Angry Birds: Star Wars PS4 Review: Bigger, Not Better

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November 26, 2013

A few months ago, Rovio's Angry Birds: Star Wars flew the tablet coup and made its way to last-gen consoles. Almost, but not quite a carbon copy of that game showed up in the PS4 and Xbox One launch lineup… Read More

1.8

out of 5

Pokemon X and Y Review: Mega Evolved to Near Perfection

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November 23, 2013

Pokemon X and Y is the first 3D core game in the series. GameCube had a couple of side games that rendered the pokes in three dimensions, and even the Wii had the Pokepark series, but for the first time… Read More

4.9

out of 5

Mario Party: Island Tour Review: This Game is Fixed

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November 22, 2013

Mario Party: Island Tour is the first 3DS foray into the Mario Party franchise that peaked more than a decade ago. It is a serviceable companion to 2007's Mario Party DS with more content in the form of 80 mini-games… Read More

2.2

out of 5

Call of Duty: Ghosts PS4 Review: Prettier, Though the Same

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November 22, 2013

Call of Duty: Ghosts has been out for nearly three weeks now, but the PlayStation 4 version had to wait in the wings an extra week for Sony's new console to launch. I reviewed the PS3 version of Ghosts in… Read More

4.0

out of 5

Skylanders Swap Force PS4 Review: Ultimate Visual Boom!

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November 19, 2013

Vicarious Visions (VV) and Activision's Skylanders Swap Force is a thing of beauty running on Sony's new PlayStation 4 console. Not to take anything away from the current-gen versions, which are stunning upgrades over the prior two games in the… Read More

4.8

out of 5

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 Review: Wii Bit Familiar

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November 18, 2013

The still unlikely pairing of the Super Mario Bros. and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises under an Olympic banner has carried the torch to the latest Nintendo console, Wii U. The advent of motion controls was the perfect launching platform for… Read More

3.0

out of 5

Batman: Arkham Origins Review: When Batman Met Joker

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November 18, 2013

Origin stories and comic books go hand-in-hand. It seems that once every couple of years, a writer/artist team will go back and tell, or in most cases, re-tell the heroes' story from the beginning. It works in comic books, as… Read More

3.6

out of 5